Shots Fired

Shots fired
Randomly
With intent
 
To end the lives
Of those hit

To deeply wound
The lives
Of witnesses and loved ones
Who remain

Souls lost
Instantly
Resting now
In a peace
The shooter
Did not know

And what peace
Can there be
For those
Who remain
 
In a world stripped
Of the illusion
Of protection
 
No answers from me
Just the question
 
What peace
 
How peace
 
And if we
Find the path
To peace
Once again

Could we show
Each other
The way